St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-26
SPORTING EVENTS.
Col. MeLaughIin will Defend His
TitIe-.Several Boxing Matches Inn

minent.
Col Mel aughlin, who has been chatting
under the slurring remarks made by j. j.
Benjamin in the Eastern papers, has de-
cided to take up the gentleman's offer for a
collarand elbow match, as Will be seen
from the following communication:
To the Editor of the Globe.
AS the papers of late have con-
tanned considerable matter from J. J.
Benjamin, OF New York, which was
not complimentary TO me a gentleman or
an athlete and as l know that thousands of
my friends and readers of the GLOBE are wait
ing TO see the outcome, l wish to say to them
that having tried every reasonable method to
get rid OF him honorably and remain at my
post, and failed, have determined to face
him. 1 have applied for leave of absence,
have notified my old hacker at Detroit, and ut
some time and place in the near future Mr.
Benjamin will be required 10 make good be-
fore the people what he has been giving to
the press. j. III. MCLAUGHLIN.
While Col. Mclaughlin would much
prefer to be left to his life as railroader.
he still means to defend the title of
champion. and there is little doubt that a
match will be arranged to take place i'll
Minneapolis.
The Sullivan Cardiff meeting is still
making great deal of talk in the sporting
columns Ol EdSteIll papers. Macon, IN
the Cincinnati Enquirer has this to say:
Before going further it may not be out of
place to tell of Patsy Cardiff's only fight in
the East. 1t took place at Johnny Clark S
clubhouse in Philadelphia some two years
ago, his antagonist being Denny kelleher,
the same man who knocked Frank Heard
out with one blow. Denny was as fat as q
porpoiSe. and for the first two rounds he
fought away from Cardiff. Then, by direc-
ton OF Johnny Clark, who coached him, he
made play and held bis man as even as die.
Cardiff showed that he was the stronger man,
but ne WAS not as clever with his hands
as Kelleher. Since then l learn that he has
grown good deal bigger but a very little
bit cleverer. If he really believes that he has
champion form he can get matches at once
with McCafrey. kilran or Dempsey. Mean
while it might not be 4 bad idea for him to
tackle Pat killen, who is out his way. If he
can do Pat his reputation will lie much higher
than his good luck with Sullivan made it.
His ''cracks" that he is making to the effect
that Sullivan can't knock him out at all, and
that next time they meet he will force the
fighting from start to finish, are but the bonn
bastic vaporings of man who expected TO be
''smothered," and by rare good fortune found
himself unscathed. If he we're sensible he
would wear his honor meekly, and not make
q wind-bag of himself. As IL is, his conduct
strongly reminds me of jackass braying at a
wounded lion.
A ten-round match between Mart Fahey
and Duncan c. Mcdonald has virtually
been decided on and will probably take
place i'll Minneapolis at the Comique.
Jerry Murphy and his friends state that
Needham can get match for the light
weight championship any time he will
come to Minneapolis OF send representa-
tive.
A couple of sporting men aver that John
L. Sullivan has succu mbed to John Barley
corn again and was quite 'lEsh' when he
took the train for the East at St. Paul Mon
day night.
The meeting of the Minneapolis Gun
club was last evening adjourned until Tues
day night.